Favorite Cyclone Football Memory?

November 18 2011 - Adopt a dog
November 18 2011 - The Cyclones upset #2 Okie State. Gypsy is forever known as "The Rally Puppy"
 
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This may seem weird but one of my most vivid memories was a game we actually lost. Homecoming 1984, The first home night game in ISU history vs. #2 Oklahoma and televised on ESPN. I believe it was also the first game that Jack Trice Field at Cyclone Stadium was used. We tailgated ALL DAY, so I have no idea how I remember everything so well ( or maybe I don't LOL). We actually lead and controlled that whole game until less than 2 minutes to go when OU ran a double reverse. From the upper deck student section, which at that time was section O and on the 50 yard line, I could see it unfolding. We ended up losing 12-10. But that was the LOUDEST I ever remember the stadium being. We were a terrible team that year only winning 2 games...Drake and West Texas St. So I guess as a student we savored what could have been with very low expectations. After the game, Barry Switzer, the OU coach then, also said it was the loudest stadium he had ever been in.

I have enjoyed many of the recent wins others have mentioned but this game is permanently etched in my brain.

That's my most memorable game in-person during college. '85 upset over OSU probably second.
 

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